Valve



June 7, 1932. MSHEER i 1,862,039

VALVE Original Filed Nov.' l". 1923? lllllllll//ll/ll// Patented June 7 1932 UNITED STATESY PATENroFFIcE- HENRY M. SHEER, DECEASED, LATE OF' QUINCY, ILLINOIS, BY GRANT' IRWIN, ADMIN- ISTRATOR, OF QUINCY, ILLINOIS, .ASSIGrNOItr TO I-I. M. SHEER- COMPANY, OF QU'INCY,A

ILLINOIS, A CORPORATION OF ILLINOIS VALVE t Original application iled November 17, 1923, Serial No. 675,386.I Divided october e, 1927. serial No. 224,485'.

This invention relates to an improvement in valves, and is a division of the copendng application Serial No. 67 5,386, led Novem- Y ber 17, 1923.

The object of the invention is to provide a simple multiple valve, especially for use in connection with oil containers for supplying oil to brooder heaters, and which valve will be not only simple in construction but 10 also reliable in action so that it may be reg- Y ulated to admit the proper quantity of oil to the heater and also vbe controlled by a ioat associated with the oil container for maintaining the proper oil level in the burner. The invention is of the character of multiple valves, in which a valve casing has oppositely disposed valve-seats and is made in two parts, detachably connected together with a valve carried by each part in position to engage the oppositely disposed seats for regthe heater.

In the accompanying drawing:

Fig. 1 is a sectional view through an oil tank showing the relation of the valve thereto;

Fig. 2 is a disassembled perspective view of the valve removed; and

Fig. 3 is an enlarged sectional view through the valve. j

The numeral 1 represents the oil tank which has a oat chamber 2 connected therewith, as clearly shown in Fig. 1, the two being fitted together with the oil tank disposed upon the float chamber. The oil tank is provided with a removable cover 3 `for closing 5 the top thereof.

The float chamber 2'is supported upon a 'and "this application iiled.

stem 4 which extends upwardly from av base 5 and is held in an adjusted position by means of a lock-wheel 6. The stem 4 establishes communicationbetween the float chamber 2 and an outlet pipe 7, which extends to a brooder heater or wherever it is desired to supply oil or luid from the chamber 1.

Mounted within the float chamber 2 are float rests 8 which radiate from the opening of the stem 4 in the float chamber, and these `float rests normally hold a ,float 9`which is also loosely mounted in theloat chamber in spaced apart relation from'the bottom thereof. ThefloatQ is provided with areticulated cone 1() which isinverted and has its `upper edges secured about a central opening through the float 9.

A. valve casing isconnected withthe top of the iloat chamber 2 for establishing communication between the oil tank and float chamber and is provided withrupper and lower sections 11 and.12, the vupper section 11 being iixed tightly in the top of the Vfloat chamber 2 whereas the lower section is carried by the upper section and is screwed into an enlarged portion thereof for removably y holding the two together.' Y

The upper section 11 is providedwith radially arranged orifices 13 vand the lower section 12 has similar orifices 14 arranged in the walls thereof.

The. upper sectionll is provided with a constricted passage 15 therethrough, onthe opposite ends of which oppositively disposed valve-seats 16 and 17 are formed. A cut-ofiq valve 18 is adjustable longitudinally through the upper section 11 and hasscrew-threaded engagement therein for this purpose and is in position to cooperate lwith and engage the valve-seat 16 for controlling the passagev of fluid from the orifices 13 to the central opening 15. VA needle valve 19 is slidably sup'- ported by the lower section 12, having a flared portion 2() for this purpose, and the upper end of this needle valve is 'adapted' to engage the valve-seat 17 for also controlling the flow of fluid through the central passage 15. rlhe lower end of the valve stem 19 extends outward through the lower section 12 and is in position to be engaged by the reticulated cone 10, as shown in Figs. 1 and 3. The cut-oft1 valve 18 preferably extends to a point near the top of the oil tank lso that easy access may be obtained thereto4 for regulating or cutting off the flow .of fluid from the oil tank into the float chamber.

A strainer ring 21 surrounds the orifices 13 and the upper section of the valve, through which strainerring the oil passesto the outilet orices 13. The purpose of this is to remove excessive impurities in the oil to prevent them from being carried to the burner.` A removable cap `22 `covers `the Ytop of the strainer ring, as shown in`Fig.j 1. n

In the operation of the invention, the cutofi7 valve 18 is regulated to supply the proper flow of oil into the float lchamber 2 andas the oilrises in this float chamber the float 9 will be raised to slide the needle valve 19 upward through the lower section 12 of the valve casing to decrease the flow of oil through the central opening 15, orto cut` off this flow altogether. As the oil is fed to the burner and consumed thereby,itwill gradually lower in the float chamber 2, yallowing the valve-stem 19 to be moved away from the valve-stem 17, thereby permitting of a greater` flow of oil from the oil tank into the float chamber.

' struction being simple in its nature is therefore inexpensive-to manufacture and will not get out of working condition., The two sections of thevalve casing being ysecured together permits of the removal ofthe lower one for cleaning out the valve casing, and removing any sedimentthat may get thereinto and tend -to hinder the action of the valves.

Claims z- Y 1. A valve including a valve-stem guide formed ofsections screwed together, each of said sections having radial openings therein, one of said sections havingan opening therethrough and oppositely disposed valve-seats, amanually controlled valve extending into position to engage one of said-valve-seats, and a needle valve carried by and having slidable I connection with the othersectionand in position to engage'the otherfvalve-seat.

2. The combination of a casing formedof orifice sections secured together, one of said sec'- tions having oppositely disposed communiy eating valve-seats therein, a manually controlled valve carried by one of said sections in position to engage one of the valve-seats, said section having radially arranged inlet openings communicating with the `last mentioned valve-seat, a needle valve carried by and having slidable connectionwith the otherV sectionv in position to engage the other valve-seat, and radially arranged openings in the last-mentioned section communicating .with the 'last-mentioned.valve-seat. V i

, 3. A valve of the character described comprising two sections detachably connected together, one of said sectionsv having a reduced therethrough, oppositely-disposed valve-seats on lopposite sides" of said orifice, a valve carried bysaid section in position to engage one of said valve-seats, a needle-valve carried by and 'suspended within thegother section in 'position tok engage the other valveseat, and fluid openings/'pon opposite; sides. of the valve-seats. f

' 4. A valve of thechara/cter describedcomprising at least two sections,one of' which is detachably screw-threaded toanend of the other and having, a reduced orifice therethrough, oppositelydisposed valve .seats on oppositesides of said orifice-in said first section, a needle valve slidably carried by and suspended within the other'section in position to engage one of the valve seats, and an out,- wardly flared portion formed on the needle valve and spaced from the pointthereof for preventing longitudinal displacementof said needle valve from saidsection.

. 5. A valve of the character described'comprising at least two sections having the ends thereof detachably connected together, one of said sections having a reduced orifice therethrough, said'sectio-n having the outer endv thereof internally screw-threaded, a Ycontrol valve extending through said,V threadedpor-V tion in positionto control one end of the ori, fice, said section having one orQmore discharge Vopenings througha side thereof between the threaded .portion and the orifice, the second section having the outer endthereof reduced, and a needle valve yslidably mounted in said reduced end, and having a side kflared vvportion spaced. from the' point thereof for holding the needlevalve against removal, the point ,of saidneedle valve controlling an end'of the orifice, saidsecond section having one or morefsideopening's therethrough approximately between the orifice and the flared portionof the needle valvein normal position. v. V

6.v A valve of the character described comprisingA at least-two sections havingthe endsthereof `detach ably connected together, one of said `sections having an orifice A therethrough, the other section havingf an enlargedinterna-lrecessuforming a needle valve chamber and having the outer end thereof reduced with an opening therethrough, and a needle valve slidably mounted in said needle Valve chamber and having an end thereof protruding through the end opening, the op posite end of said needle Valve being in position to control the orice, said needle valve having a swaged portion spaced from the last-mentioned end thereof for preventing re- Inova-l thereof through the end opening.

In testimony whereof I aix my signature.

GRANT IRWIN, Administrator of Henry M. Sheer, Deeased. 

